East Lake, Kings Canyon

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Notes of this trip


Click here for the trail up to the Sphinx junction



Sphinx junction

Bear at sunrise


Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail


Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail


Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail


Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail


Public transporation on Bubbs Creek trail

Bubbs Creek trail


Bubbs Creek

The other side of the canyon

Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek


Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek


Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek


Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek


Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek


Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek


Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek



First creek crossing

First creek crossing

Charlotte Creek

The trail


The trail

Half Dome in Kings Canyon?

The creek


Charlotte Meadow

Meadow before Junction meadow

Meadow before Junction meadow

Spires of Mt Bago


Approaching Junction Meadow

Approaching Junction Meadow


Approaching Junction Meadow

Junction Meadow

Mt Bago at Junction Meadow


Junction meadow

Junction meadow

Junction meadow

Junction meadow


Junction meadow

Junction meadow

Junction meadow

Across the canyon


Junction meadow

Junction meadow

Junction meadow

Junction meadow


Junction meadow, Kearsarge Pinnacles and West Vidette

Junction meadow, Kearsarge Pinnacles and West Vidette

Deer at the meadow

Deer at the meadow


Junction meadow

The canyon to East Lake

The fork to East Lake

The fork to East Lake


Wading the Bubbs Creek

Wading the Bubbs Creek


Mt Bago from the beginning of the East Lake trail


The spires of Mt Bago

The spires of Mt Bago

Huge waterfall to the east

Huge waterfall to the east


Rocky mountain

The trail on the other side

Mt Bago behing me


The creek coming down from East Lake

West Vidette

West Vidette

The trail follows the creek up


The creek

The creek

The bridge

The bridge


The bridge

Mt Bago at the bridge

The trail crosses over the creek

Flowers by the creek


The creek

The creek

Mt Bago behing me

The creek


Giant mushroom

West Vidette

Up the canyon

Up the canyon


Flowers

The trail

The creek

Up the trail


Thorny bush

Mt Bago behing me

Mt Bago behing me

Up the canyon


Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)

Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)


Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)

Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)

Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)

Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)


Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)

Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)

Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)

Hiking up the western side of the creek (2007)


The creek

First view of Mt Brewer (the second peak)


To East Lake

To East Lake

To East Lake

To East Lake


To East Lake

To East Lake

To East Lake

East Lake sign


East Lake sign

East Lake

South side of East Lake


Mt Brewer

How to cross East Lake if you are headed for Mt Brewer

Milly's Pass far away

Looking south towards Lake Reflection and Milly's Pass


East Lake panorama


Mt Brewer and North Guard

East Lake


East Lake

East Lake

The view further up (south)

Mt Brewer's Eastern Ridge


Crossing to the other side of the lake

Crossing to the other side of the lake

Crossing to the other side of the lake

The crossing from below


Mt Brewer's Eastern Ridge

Mt Brewer's Eastern Ridge

Mt Brewer's Northern Ridge


East Lake

Flowers by the lake

Probably easier to cross the lake at the southern tip

Deer by the lake


Bear on the trail (2015)

Bear on the trail

Mt Brewer | Mt Stanford's north ridge | Mt Stanford via Harrison Pass | Lucy's Pass | Charlotte Lake | Crossing the Kings-Kern Divide | Mt Ericsson | Rae Lakes | Sixty Lakes Basin


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(Copyright © 2003 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso )
If you would like to purchase the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me